Subsidy Watchhttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/gsi-news.xml
News items from the GSIenHow Indonesia Might Turn Its Back on a Future of Cheaper Renewable Electricityhttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/how-indonesia-might-turn-its-back-future-cheaper-renewable-electricity
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Short-term gain can lead to long-term pain. This might be the case with Indonesia’s recent decision to bet on coal as its preferred source to <a href="http://www.iisd.org/library/indonesias-financially-sustainable-electricity-sector">supply reliable and affordable electricity</a>.</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:38:28 +0000zeyob@iisd.ca1019 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiCan Trade Help Deliver the Paris Agreement? Lessons learned from the G20http://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/can-trade-help-deliver-paris-agreement-lessons-learned-g20
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This year’s G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, saw long and heated discussion on the urgency of delivering the Paris Agreement. </p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 19:38:57 +0000zeyob@iisd.ca1018 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiFrom C20 to the G20: What we need on carbon pricing and fossil fuel subsidy reformhttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/c20-g20-what-we-need-carbon-pricing-and-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative presented at a side event on June 18 at the C20 Summit, a gathering that facilitated exchanges among civil society from G20 countries on the upcoming G20 Sumit agenda and beyond.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 07 Jul 2017 20:22:14 +0000admin1017 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiEVENT: The Uncertain Transition Away From Coal—Stories from China and the United Stateshttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/event-uncertain-transition-away-coal-stories-china-and-united-states-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>IISD’s Global Subsidies Initiative will be at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. to discuss opportunities and pitfalls of a transition away from coal mining. The discussion will focus on the transition in Shanxi, one of China’s three main coal-mining regions, and the lessons China can draw from countries that have undergone the economic and social transition away from coal.</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:39:09 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org1013 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiMaking the International Trade System Work for Climate Change: Five Ways to Address Fossil Fuel Subsidies through the WTO and International Trade Agreementshttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/making-international-trade-system-work-climate-change-five-ways-address-fossil-fuel-subsidies
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Can the international trade system be a catalyst for reforming <a href="http://www.iisd.org/gsi/fossil-fuel-subsidies">fossil fuel subsidies (FFSs)</a> to help relieve the burden on the public purse, reduce local and global air pollution, improve energy security and tackle climate change? </p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:03:17 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org1010 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiThe True Cost of Coal and Renewables in Indonesiahttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/true-cost-coal-renewables-indonesia
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Indonesia is facing an energy crunch as demand for electricity rises across the country. The country is one of the world’s largest coal producers, and is developing plans for an additional 35 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power stations. Proponents of the development claim that coal is the cheapest source of energy available. Is this really true?</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:47:42 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org1009 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiTalking Gender and Energy Sector Reform at the Vienna Energy Forumhttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/talking-gender-and-energy-sector-reform-vienna-energy-forum
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>IISD’s Global Subsidies Initiative presented at a side event on May 9 to the Vienna Energy Forum organized by ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. The side event focused on cutting-edge empirical evidence on how energy interventions are delivering on gender impacts, and on the key gaps within existing research that need to be addressed to ensure more gender-equitable outcomes of energy interventions.</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 31 May 2017 20:51:54 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org1008 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiG20 must support good jobs in the low carbon transitionhttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/g20-must-support-good-jobs-low-carbon-transition
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Donald Trump won the US presidency railing against “job-killing regulation” and promising to put coal miners back to work.</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 23 May 2017 17:00:41 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org1007 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiTransferring Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Clean Energy Could Yield Major Savings in Dollars and GHG Emissions – Reporthttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/transferring-fossil-fuel-subsidies-clean-energy-could-yield-major-savings-dollars-and-ghg
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A new report from the Nordic Council of Ministers finds that redirecting fossil fuel subsidies toward the clean energy transition could help climate vulnerable countries reap major savings while slashing greenhouse gas emissions.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 11 May 2017 17:35:00 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org1003 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiChange Makers Leap Forward as Momentum for Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Growshttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/change-makers-leap-forward-momentum-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-grows
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There is a pressing “need for faster reform, urgency and political commitment.” These were the opening highlights of the fifth high-level event on fossil fuel subsidy reform, organized by the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (“Friends”), <a href="http://www.iisd.org/GSI/news">Global Subsidies Initiative</a> and the World Bank on April 21, in the context of the 2017 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings held in Washington, D.C. The side event was attended by country officials, members of international organizations and civil society groups.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:15:12 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org1002 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiA Low-Hanging Fruit for Financing and Implementing SDGs: End Fossil Fuel Subsidieshttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/low-hanging-fruit-financing-and-implementing-sdgs-end-fossil-fuel-subsidies
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Phase-out and reallocation of fossil fuel subsidies (FFS) is a low-hanging fruit for financing and implementing SDGs.</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:51:27 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org1001 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiUK is in no position to lecture Saudis on oil dependence http://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/uk-no-position-lecture-saudis-oil-dependence
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>PM Theresa May has offered to help wean Saudi Arabia off oil, but her government’s subsidies to North Sea producers are a poor model for the Middle East petrostate.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:33:33 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org1000 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiIndonesia Energy News March 2017http://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/indonesia-energy-news-march-2017
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As part of its work on energy policy and sustainable development in Indonesia, the Global Subsidies Initiative publishes a regular briefing on issues related to energy subsidies.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:48:27 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org999 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiSticks, carrots and toxic carrots: clearing the air in China and Indiahttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/sticks-carrots-and-toxic-carrots-clearing-air-china-and-india
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Both countries can do more to ensure that policies on air pollution and clean energy are aligned.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:13:39 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org996 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiA Solar Journey: Reaching the remotest villageshttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/solar-journey-reaching-remotest-villages
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Sarda’s remote location cuts off its market linkages and increases the challenge of making electricity accessible and other basic services. We document the deployment of solar in this community.</p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:11:25 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org995 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiLearning from Leaders: How experts shed light on fossil fuel subsidy reform at COP 22http://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/learning-leaders-how-experts-shed-light-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-cop-22
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cooperative, non-market and country-led—that was the order of the day when it came to fossil fuel subsidy reform (FFSR) at the <a href="http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/enb12689e.pdf">UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) from November 7–19 in Marrakech, Morocco</a>. </p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 16:49:00 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org992 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiNaked Budgets: A fiscal argument to save the climatehttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/naked-budgets-fiscal-argument-save-climate
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Two news stories this week, emerging from either side of the Atlantic, encapsulate the climate change conundrum.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:07:01 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org991 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiGSI at COP 22http://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/gsi-cop-22
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Below are posters of GSI supported events at COP 22 in Marrakech, Morocco. A full listing of FFSR events can be found <a href="/gsi/sites/default/files/FFSRCop22_Events.pdf">here</a>.</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 08 Nov 2016 18:42:34 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org990 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiHow Electricity Subsidy Reform Can Benefit Indonesiahttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/how-electricity-subsidy-reform-can-benefit-indonesia
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Government of Indonesia has been considering a new wave of electricity subsidy reforms since January 2016—delaying its plans twice now for a combination of political and practical reasons. Almost every time and in every country, citizens do not welcome such reforms, asking questions like "Will I have to pay more for power?" "Why do prices need to go up anyway?" and "How are the poorest expected to cope?" But while costs and risks are often well understood, the benefits and opportunities of reform do not receive the same attention.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:40:51 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org988 at http://www.iisd.org/gsiRedirection of Fossil Fuel Subsidies Towards Women Holds Huge Opportunity for Sustainable Developmenthttp://www.iisd.org/gsi/news/redirection-subsidies-women-huge-opportunity
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A new report from IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative, entitled <em>Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform</em>, suggests that the reform of fossil fuel subsidies should focus assistance toward women in poverty.</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:20:00 +0000cbeaton@iisd.org987 at http://www.iisd.org/gsi